Ship where nearly 700 fell ill being sanitized

Published January 30, 2014 7:17am ET



BAYONNE, N.J. (AP) — Kim Waite was disappointed to fall ill while treating herself to a Caribbean cruise after completing cancer treatment. The London woman thought she was the only sick one as her husband wheeled her to the infirmary — until the elevator doors opened to reveal hundreds of people vomiting into bags, buckets or on the floor, whatever was closest.

“I started crying, I couldn’t believe it,” Waite said. “I was in shock.”

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